Carol Little

2011-08-04T10:51:00.000-04:00

To celebrate paying off the printing costs for my books, I'm permanently reducing the prices to $10 for "Hide Your Life Away" (novel) and $15 for "A Study in Love" (poetry / art). This week only, order through me to receive a first edition signed copy of BOTH for only $15 with no shipping fees!

Halifax Word on the Street

2011-07-18T09:37:00.002-04:00

You can be a patron of the arts! Help support my IndieGoGo campaign to take part in the Halifax Word on the Street literary festival, and I'll send you a free book or two. :) Every donation helps - this festival is significantly more expensive than others because of the high traffic it receives (15,000 + attendees last year!), which is why your support helps SO much. This is a super opportunity for me to increase my fan base and book sales, which in turn would mean that I would have to work fewer non-writing jobs to earn a living, and you would get to read more of my work! :) Click here to read more and to donate. Thank you!!!

Slave Lake Book Auction

2011-06-09T12:20:00.003-04:00

I've donated a signed copy of each of my books as auction items to help rebuild the Slave Lake Library. If you bid and win, you get 2 books and the Slave Lake Library gets 100% of your donation.

Click HERE for details. Thanks :)

It's a sale!!!

2011-05-17T14:44:00.000-04:00

Just in time for summer reading, I'm reducing the price of my poetry / art book from $24.95 to $19.95!! Why not buy one and support local arts? :) Contact me for one, and I'll throw in a copy of my multi-award winning novel for only another $5.00. Thanks!

A Poem ...

2011-05-02T10:16:00.003-04:00

Here is a link to my poem Heart First, published on the League of Canadian Poets blog as part of National Poetry Month.

April is Poetry Month

2011-04-15T09:59:00.003-04:00

I will be reading in my hometown, Summerside, PEI on Saturday April 23rd at the public library ... check out the FB event for details: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195591543809386#!/event.php?eid=195591543809386

Free Book :)

2011-02-01T16:38:00.001-05:00

Buy a copy of my book of poetry, "A Study in Love," as a Valentine's gift, and I'll give you a *free* copy of my novel!!

2010-09-15T08:13:00.002-04:00

Check out Kristy Gordon's post about A Study in Love, and preview some of her new pieces. :)

Books For Sale

2010-08-27T13:46:00.001-04:00

I'd like to sell you a book. Order one today & receive free shipping & pay no tax, plus receive a $5 discount if you order my novel and poetry book. Msg me if you're interested. :)

2010-06-21T16:41:00.000-04:00

Recent article from Cairns Magazine ... http://www.cairnsmedia.com/archives_feature_author-Little-shows-big-flair-potential_06112010.html

Book Giveaway

2010-06-03T14:19:00.001-04:00

Win a signed copy of Hide Your Life Away with Open Book Toronto.

2010-05-20T09:17:00.002-04:00

Recent interview with Open Book Toronto.

2010-05-19T12:05:00.003-04:00

I'm in the process of creating a new website littlebooks.ca where you will be able to purchase copies of Hide Your Life Away and my new collection of poetry A Study in Love.

Poetry Performance

2010-04-26T19:22:00.001-04:00

I will be taking part in the Arts Mixer at The Guild in Charlottetown this Wednesday (28th). It's a social event, 4:00 - 6:00 PM. I'll be selling novels and performing a preview of some poems from my new book, scheduled to be released on June 8th. :) Be there by 4:45 if you want to catch my performance.

Thanks for your support! :)

Carol

http://www.theguildpei.com/calendar_item.php?events_id=154

Vote for HYLA

2010-04-01T16:38:00.003-04:00

Stephen Clare and Trevor Adams (authors of Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books) are compiling a list for Canada's Top 100 Books ... if you like my novel "Hide Your Life Away", please, please vote for it as one of your ten favourite Canadian books!! :) THANK YOU!!

BONUS If you vote, let me know and you will be entered in a contest for autographed copies of "Hide Your Life Away" and my upcoming poetry book, due out June 8th. :)

http://www.wix.com/novamedia/Canadas-100-Greatest-Books

Gallery Show

2010-01-17T09:17:00.002-05:00

"Hide Your Life Away" has been selected to be on display at Eyelevel Gallery Bookstore, 2063 Gottigen St., Halifax, NS as part of the show "Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative: Four" from Feb. 19 - March 28!! :)

The Joy of Failure

2010-01-09T09:01:00.001-05:00

Article from January issue of The Buzz, Charlottetown, PE:

http://www.buzzon.com/columnists/168-little-carol/2300-the-joy-of-failure/

Freelance Editing

2009-10-07T08:33:00.003-04:00

Do you need a great editor to ensure that your manuscript / thesis / business plan / grant proposal is professional, clear and error free? ... http://www.carollittle.net/

Hide Your Life Away included in university curriculum

2009-09-29T13:14:00.006-04:00

Hide Your Life Away is being included in the course readings for a Canadian Literature class at the University of Prince Edward Island!

ENGLISH 425: Advanced Studies in Canadian Literature

Survival in the Urban Wilderness
Instructor: Greg Doran
September 2009

What does urban mean to you? What is the urban Canadian experience? What is Urban Canadian literature? This course will explore, and attempt to answer, these and many more questions. As well, the course will attempt to place Urban Canadian Literature into a larger Canadian literary context. To help define that context, the works on the course, which will include fiction, poetry, and drama, will be viewed through the lens of Atwood’s critical work Survival. While Atwood’s focus was on literature set in the Canadian wilderness, it will serve to help explore the evolving urban wilderness.

Texts to be read will include How Insensitive (Russell Smith), Stanley Park (Timothy Taylor), Kingsway (Michael Turner), Coyote City (Daniel David Moses), Courage My Love (Sara Dearing), The Betrayer (Michael Hennessy), Hide Your Life Away (Carol Little), and others to be determined.

Writers' Guild Calendar

2009-09-22T08:58:00.003-04:00

Carol Little is Miss November in the PEI Writers' Guild 2010 calendar ... http://www.peiwritersguild.com/PEI_Writers_Guild/2010_Calendar.html

The calendar is dedicated to Frank Ledwell and features poetry by island authors and photographs of island authors in various stages of dress, taken at Rock Barra Artist retreat. All proceeds from sales of the calendar support the guild.

PEICA Writer in Residence

2009-09-04T19:17:00.004-04:00

http://www.peica.ca/newsletter/article.asp?Feature=2292

Restrospective on the Westport Poetry Festival

2009-07-10T09:55:00.002-04:00

Article from The Buzz , Charlottetown, PE

http://97.107.128.148/writing/articles/775-things-ive-been-called/

More Award News!!

2009-05-20T09:46:00.004-04:00

Hide Your Life Away has been named a Finalist in the Novella category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!!!

http://www.indiebookawards.com/

PRESS RELEASE

2009-05-11T07:37:00.002-04:00

Monday, May 11, 2009

PEI author Carol Little just received word that her first novel, Hide Your Life Away was not only short listed for the 2009 Montaigne Medal, and was an Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist, but Little’s novel is a WINNER in the General Fiction category of the Eric Hoffer awards. Hide Your Life Away received Honorable Mention in the International literary competition that is judged by US publishing representatives and professionals.

Montaigne Medal short list: http://www.hofferaward.com/HAmontaigneshortlist.html/

Hoffer Award results: http://www.hofferaward.com/HAbookwinners.html#general/

Review from the US REVIEW OF BOOKS: http://www.theusreview.com/USRhoffer.html#genfic/

Eric Hoffer Book Award

2009-04-27T22:53:00.003-04:00

Hide Your Life Away is a 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist!! This is a separate distinction from the Montaigne Medal nomination which means Carol Little is a candidate for the Hoffer grand prize!! Wow :)

http://www.hofferaward.com/

News Flash!!

2009-03-12T08:49:00.002-04:00

Hide Your Life Away has been nominated for The Montaigne Medal!!!
The Montaigne is awarded each year to a small group of thought-provoking titles.
http://www.hofferaward.com/

The Montaigne Medal

Each year, the Eric Hoffer Award for books presents the Montaigne Medal to the most thought-provoking title(s). These are books that either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought. The Montaigne Medal is given in honor of the great French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, who influenced people such as William Shakespeare, René Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Eric Hoffer.

"I felt all the time he was writing about me. He knew my innermost thoughts."

-Eric Hoffer, from his memoir, Truth Imagined

Hype for Hide Your Life Away

2009-01-29T09:12:00.001-05:00

Article from The Guardian, Sept. 27, 2008

2008-10-13T16:33:00.000-04:00

CBC Radio Interview

2008-08-17T19:03:00.003-04:00

Click HERE to listen to Carol interviewed on CBC Radio

Little vs. Grisham

2008-08-10T22:10:00.004-04:00

Check out the latest book review (with original sketches!) for Hide Your Life Away from the inimitable artist / animator Graham Falk!

PEI Council of the Arts News

2008-08-01T09:41:00.003-04:00

Novelist Carol Little New Artist-In-Residence
Author Invites Dialogue on Writing
Posted by: Laurie McBurney on Thursday, July 31, 2008

She is a young writer who wants to challenge societal conventions and provide an honest, intimate view of female experience with her new book. Carol Little will begin her fourth novel, “For A Girl,” during her time as Artist-in-Residence for the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts from Aug. 1 – 10.

During her open studio hours, Carol plans to provide an opportunity for aspiring writers and the public to talk about the unique process of writing and the challenges involved with writing a book of fiction.

“As a writer, I haven’t had much opportunity to interact with the public. I am at a stage in my career, however, where it is imperative that I begin to do this. With the anticipated publication of my first novel this fall, it is important for me to open dialogue with others about my work,” she explains.

The buzz for Carol’s last book “Hide Your Life Away,” available in September, is already positive. “Well-written, diverting, informative and artful,” are just some of the adjectives applied to the novel, which is described as “a satirical, fast food, weekend romp that might just end up with a trip down the aisle.”

Please drop by and visit Carol from 1 – 4 p.m. on Aug. 1 and Aug. 4 – 8 and from 9 a.m. – noon on Aug. 2 and Aug. 9. The studio is located downstairs at The Guild (115 Richmond Street entrance).

The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts selected seven artists on the basis of excellence, creativity of the proposed work, diversity of age and gender and diversity of artistic principles and practices for its Summer Studio Residency Pilot Program.

Post taken from the PEI Council of the Arts website:
http://www.peica.ca/newsletter/article.asp?Feature=1488

Article from "The Buzz", PEI's Arts & Entertainment Newspaper

2008-07-21T18:45:00.002-04:00

Summer Studios:

PEI Council of the Arts residency program at The Guild

The former Printmakers Council studio in the basement of The Guild building will come to life this summer as a series of Island artists moves in and opens the doors to the public. The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts has selected seven artists who will work for approximately 10 days each on artistic projects during the Council’s new Summer Studio Residency Pilot Program.

The program began June 21 and runs to August 31. Hours that the artists are available to the public will be advertised in local media and outside The Guild.

August 1–10: Author Carol Little plans to brainstorm, solidify a direction and create a strong outline for her fourth novel entitled For a Girl, in which she wants to capture a multi-faceted and raw female experience. Little plans to open dialogue with others about writing and provide an occasion for aspiring writers and the public to connect with an author and share discussion about the unique, creative process involved with writing an lengthy work of fiction.

Early Press Release

2008-07-03T10:27:00.002-04:00

New book from Meanwhile Studios!

You've read all about Carol's adventures during the International 3 Day Novel Competition, now you can read her work yourself! (If you missed it, click the links: Part1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.)

Earlier this year Carol received a PEI Council of the Arts grant to work with an editor (the talented and indispensable Lisa Cole) a photographer (the brilliant Artist / Photographer Shayli Vere http://www.verestudio.com/) and book designer (Troy Little http://www.meanwhilestudios.com/) to produce Carol's first novel, "Hide Your Life Away".

So what's it about you ask? Here's a brief synopsis:

Thirty-two-year-old Jason Mahoney is a commitment-phobic grocery store clerk who finds himself at an inevitable crossroads. He is confused about his path in life, and is hiding from a potential romantic relationship. He can’t understand what cashier Debra Springer could possibly see in a lazy, unkempt, stock boy like him, but she wants him. Bad. And she wants the whole deal: marriage and kids.

Between Debra’s offers of unprotected sex and a late night roofing contract with his friend Random Michaels, it doesn’t seem like Jason will get to do the only thing he really cares about this weekend: watching his new Star Trek DVD.

Hide Your Life Away is a satirical, fast food, weekend romp that might just end up with a trip down the aisle.

The book is scheduled for release on September 23, 2008. You can pre-order the book from Amazon.com (just click on the link to your left).

Carol is planning a book tour in Ontario and the Maritimes this fall, be sure to check back for more details soon!

This is a really funny and well written book by a talented new Canadian author, and don't just take my word for it, early reviews are already showing up:

Hide Your Life Away takes place in a world of lousy jobs, food, and junk culture, and out of this unpromising material Carol Little has fashioned (as I see it) a work about commitment, and how it can offer a certain amount of salvation from that world. Read it. It is diverting, informative and artful. Thanks Carol. --Lorne Elliott, Writer / Comedian

Book Info:

"Hide Your Life Away" by Carol Little
ISBN 978-0-9739971-1-8
156 Pages, Retails $12.99 US
Release date: September 23, 2008

Hide Your Life Away

2008-06-17T20:19:00.000-04:00

Available this Fall from Meanwhile Studios

Thirty-two-year-old Jason Mahoney is a commitment-phobic grocery store clerk who finds himself at an inevitable crossroads. He is confused about his path in life, and is hiding from a potential romantic relationship. He can’t understand what cashier Debra Springer could possibly see in a lazy, unkempt, stock boy like him, but she wants him. Bad. And she wants the whole deal: marriage and kids.

Between Debra’s offers of unprotected sex and a late night roofing contract with his friend Random Michaels, it doesn’t seem like Jason will get to do the only thing he really cares about this weekend: watching his new Star Trek DVD.

Hide Your Life Away is a satirical, fast food, weekend romp that might just end up with a trip down the aisle.